- RolandNote™Country Music Database Searches
- December 30, 2024 CST
Miscellaneous-
Slice and dice country music history by a specific kind of event: birth, death, gold album, Macy�s Thanksgiving Day Parade appearance - more than 250 ways to look at recurring events -
Mar 19, 1927
Frank Peppiatt is born in Toronto, Ontario. He co-creates and co-produces "Hee Haw," a long-running TV show that mixes country music and comedy
Apr 1, 1927
RCA Records introduces the first automatic record changer in Germany
Jul 30, 1927
Pop songwriter Tony Hiller is born in London, England. He writes and produces The Brotherhood Of Man's pop hit "Save Your Kisses For Me," which is remade for the country charts by Margo Smith in 1976
Sep 21, 1927
Songwriter Gilles Thibault is born in Paris, France. He co-writes "Comme De'Habitude," a song that Paul Anka re-writes as "My Way." The latter title becomes a signature song for Frank Sinatra and a posthumous country hit for Elvis Presley
Oct 24, 1927
Songwriter Gilbert Becaud is born in Toulon, France. He writes "Let It Be Me," which becomes a country hit three times: for The Everly Brothers, for Glen Campbell & Bobbie Gentry and for Willie Nelson
Mar 4, 1928
Record producer and executive Frank Jones is born in Toronto. He works with Columbia, Capitol, Mercury and Warner Bros., and co-produces such hits as John Anderson's "Swingin'," Jimmy Dean's "Big Bad John," The Statler Brothers' "Flowers On The Wall" and Marty Robbins' "Devil Woman"
Mar 28, 1929
Decca Records is founded in the United Kingdom. After its entry into country, the label will be associated with Conway Twitty, Loretta Lynn, Bill Anderson, Patsy Cline and Ernest Tubb, among others
Aug 18, 1929
TV writer John Aylesworth is born in Toronto. He is a co-creator of the country comedy series "Hee Haw"
Sep 7, 1929
Lawyer and songwriter Frederic Weatherly dies at his home in Bath, England. He wrote "Danny Boy," destined to become a 1967 country hit for Ray Price
Nov 5, 1930
Bill Langstroth is born in Montreal, Quebec. He produces the Canadian TV show "Singalong Jubilee," where he hires Anne Murray, who will become his second wife
Displaying : 80 - 90 of 1728 / Page << | 1... | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | ...173 | >>
- The Ultimate Country Music Database
RolandNote.com is a detailed country music database compiled by veteran music journalist Tom Roland that chronicles more than 60,000 events and 10,000 recordings.
Discover what happened in country music on a particular date or in a particular month, get the history of your favorite country songs or your favorite country artists.
From George Jones to George Strait, from the Carter Family to Carrie Underwood, from Johnny Cash to Jason Aldean, from Hank Williams to HARDY, from Merle Haggard to Miranda Lambert.
RolandNote.com is the ultimate country music database!